CVE-2010-4201

Use-after-free vulnerability in Google Chrome before 7.0.517.44 allows remote attackers to cause...

9.8 Critical

Use-after-free vulnerability in Google Chrome before 7.0.517.44 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors involving text control selections.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Network
Complexity: Low
Privileges needed: None
User interaction: None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: High
Integrity: High
Availability: High

Exploit likelihood

1.18%Unchanged since Feb 4, 2022

What each source reports

NVD Score used 9.8

Record: CVE-2010-4201
CVSS 3.1: 9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0: 7.5 HighAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness: CWE-416
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE List No score

Record: CVE-2010-4201
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2010-4175 No score

Record: EUVD-2010-4175
Updated: 2026-11-03

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-c8h8-q7p3-qvcj 9.8

Use-after-free vulnerability in Google Chrome before 7.0.517.44 allows remote attackers to cause...

Record: GHSA-c8h8-q7p3-qvcj
CVSS 3.1: 9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness: CWE-416
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

google chrome

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 3, 2026	aliases	EUVD
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2010-4201 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Google Chrome, published November 5, 2010. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.18%, the 67th percentile. No source names a fixed version.